The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-21
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
The three neces Of the late Helen Hunt
Jackson are graduates OF VasSar college

The three nieces Of the late Helen Hunt
Jackson are graduates OF vassar college.
Harvard's Oldest living graduate is William
r. Sever. Of Plymouth. Mass, who was ~
years old June q.
Edward Everett Hale told the students OF
Cornell that the best opportunity OF studying
human nature was 20 he had by entering the
profession Of the schoolmaster
Professor Palmer, Of Harvard, finds that
one-third Of the students there spend under
500 year, one-half under 81 600 and three
fourths under 81 200.
I. W. r. Curtis, Of New Haven, is well
pleased with the career Of his SONS at Yale
They are twins and members Of the present
graduating class One OF them stands first in
the class and the other third.
During the past year the students Of Vassar
college consumed 10000 buckwheat cakes,
al gallons Of oysters, 5000 pounds Of sugar,
5000 pounds of turkey and 5000 quarts Of
milk. together with unlimited quantities. Of
other eatables too numerous 10 mention.
A home for women teachers has been opened
in Dresden, where they can stay during holt
days or while looking for new situations The
home is non-sectarian, and foreigners also are
admitted. As newspapers and directories can
be obtained there, il serves as a registry office
also
Miss Eleanor A. Norcross, Of the class Of
-, has made a valuable gift Of oil paintings
to Wheaton seminary, Norton, for its alumn9
gallery They are copies made by herself,
during her residence abroad from the works
Of Rembrandt, Botticelli, Nelasquez and
others Of the old masters
Or. Lucy NJ Hall, physician Of vassar, has
kept list Of the number Of days each girl
has been absent from illness during the year,
and compared it with a similar record kept
Of the young men at Amherst college. She
finds that the girls are not absent from illness
nearly 50 much as the young men.
One title Of Harvard college TO its fame is
in the fact OF its having established and for
nearly forty years maintained the first and
only printing office in the American colonies.
This early press was 4set up in President
Dmster's house and was run more or less
under the presidents supervision. From this
Harvard college press was issued in 1916 the
famous Bay Psalm Book and IN 1853 the still
more famous Eliot's Indian Bible
Miss Dorothea Klumpke Of San Francisco,
who ha. been studying mathematics in Paris
for several years. applied last autumn 10 the
professor Of astronomy at the Paris uniyer-
sity for admission into his class He said
that he had never before had a female appii-
cant, but that be could see no reason why
She should not be one Of his pupils Four
Frenchmen and one plucky American girl
now form the special class in higher mathe-
matics as applied to astronomy.
I'm filed with the learning ~ ages,
can translate Homer 40 sight
scan tine meter heroic.
Like gentleman erdite
feXtract the root of a number
without auwsthetics or pain;
/ know the great ones Of story,
From Adam way down 30 kissane.
lean tcll the date Of Rameses.
Andl know when Antony died
Think might write in Latin.
And mayhap ia Greek If tried.
And IL the college professors
Consider this far from enough
Iyc got great store Of knowledge
Preserved on the back of niy cur
Detroit Free Press.